The Computing Core provides a high-quality and cost-effective computing environment dedicated to fostering and implementing population-related empirical research of PSTC associates. It provides hardware and software support;facilitates data sharing and dissemination;guarantees security and data integrity;exploits economies of scale in programming and file preparation;coordinates with University and departmental networking and computing services;and facilitates intellectual exchange by providing reliable support for presentational hardware and software, email, and Web/Internet technologies, and access to national networks.